Macrofaunal community structure and dustribution in a muddy coastal lagoon

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Magni, P ^a   Micheletti, S ^a   Casu, D ^b   Floris, A ^b   De Falco, G ^a   Castelli, A ^c  

^a International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Mediterranean Sea; Sediment grain size; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CABRAS LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; ORISTANO; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CILIOPHORA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM SEXTONAE; FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATICUS; NEANTHES; NEANTHES SUCCINEA; POLYDORA; POLYDORA CILIATA; SUCCINEA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 5044252694     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540310001629161     Document Type: Article

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